[systemd-devel] Run preset-all of user units on first boot?

[Nils Kattenbeck]

I decided to create a bug for this:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/30206

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 1:39 AM Nils Kattenbeck <nilskemail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I know that preset-all is run by the manager at startup if it is the
> first boot. However, this does not seem to be run for user units (i.e.
> systemctl --global preset-all).
> Based on my findings the presetting is run very early and hooking in a
> new service file with WantedBy/Before does not seem possible (and
> would also require a daemon-reload).
> Is there any other method of how to preset these files at boot? Is
> this not done on purpose or has the need for this never come up?
>
> Thanks for the help.
> Greetings, Nils